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Unfortunately, in practice the matter is not quite so simple; there the question often is, which is least prejudicial to the intellect, uncultivation or malcultivation.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David

We said ‘stupid:’ yet natural stupidity is by no means the character of Mahomet’s Book; it is natural uncultivation rather.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

No, the reader may seek out the author's exhibition of his uncultivation for himself.

From The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories by Twain, Mark

I objected the dangers of ocean, and the distance of the mountains we saw, from Athens; a distance which, from the savage uncultivation of the country, was almost impassable.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft